Feeding Frenzy

[Michael Pancier]

I guess the only draw back to being an egret parent, is that the young ones are out of their nest relatively quick. But I can't help but sympathize with this poor mother egret who is part of a feeding frenzy here; beaks everywhere....

Shot at the Alligator Farm

Canon EOS 7D
Canon 500 4.0L USM IS
1/1000
ƒ/7.1
ISO 200
Av mode
Incident at - 1/3

30% crop.

[stuart wanuck]

whose on first? cute but different

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The pleasures of parenthood. :) I like the interaction and sharpness. Exposure control looks good, too, in what looks like relatively harsh light.

[Troy Lim]

Mike,
Like the interaction. Did you apply NR? Looks like there is no details on the whites.

[Michael Pancier]

Troy, I did add a pass of NR. I'll try it without and see if I can pull more detail from there.

[Troy Lim]

Troy, I did add a pass of NR. I'll try it without and see if I can pull more detail from there.

Personally, I usually do not use any NR on shot from 400 or below, unless it was underexposed with some noise.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice interaction and good exposure, agree that whites lack texture due to NR. Should not be doing NR at ISO 400 on whites.

[Michael Pancier]

here's a repost with no NR.

[arash_hazeghi]

got rid of the NR but the image got darker now.